Sleeve holder



' H. NISSEN SLEEVE HOLDER dm TORNEYS.

I'NVENTORQ W MflwM/m BY Filed Nov. 22, 1926 /////(llll/lll/l mm Patented Nov. 6,1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

nanny 2Q NISSEN, or OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

" This invention relates to sleeveholders,

such as disclosedin my prior application en- 1 titled Sleeve holder, Ser.'No. 66,445, filed on or about the third day of November, 1925, and a particularly ertains to an improved holding device a apted for use in yieldably retaining the cuff of a sleeve in any desired position on the arm.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide an im roved. sleeve holding device for use in com ination with snap type of cuff links, which'device may be connected with the links and disposed concealed within the cuff when the cuff is in use. and will cause the cuff to yieldably grip the arm at any position thereon when the cuff is folded back on the sleeve.

In carrying out this'object into practice I provide an elastic member having hooks atopposite ends for detachablyconnecting it to the opposite halves of the snap type of cuff links. When the cuff is in use the device is concealed within the cuff and the hooks do not interfere with the operation ofthe links. When the cuff is open and folded back upon itself, the elastic member is placed under tension so that the-cuff will yieldably grip the arm'to hold the sleeve in any desired position thereon. In this manner the cuff may .be raised and retained above the elbow without rolling the sleeve, which results in wrinkling the cuff. So that it can be efficiently used the elastic membenis adjustably connected with the hooks so that the distance between the hooks may be regulated to suit the size of the arm or the tension which the holder laces on the cuff to retain it in position on t arm.

One form which the invention may assume Fig. 1 is a view of a portion of a shirt sleeve and arm disclosing the cuff folded back with my improved device applied to the cuff links to retain the cuff in position on the'arm. v

Fig. 2 is a v-i'ewflooking into the end of the cuff disclosin the manner in which my to device is conceale within the cuff when the latter is in its normal position. Y

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my improved 7 sleeve holding device disclosing the manner in which the elastic is connected with the 65 hooks.

.havingamale and female means for fricis exemplified in the following description snnnvn Romans.

Application filed November 22, .1926. SerialNo. 149,968.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view showing one of the hooks and one end of the elastic mem her being connected thereto.

Fig.5 is a perspective view of one of the hooks. M

Referring more particularl to the accompanying drawings, 10 indicates a shirt. sleeve on an arm 11. The shirt sleeveis formed with acuff 12 of conventional design. which cuff is shown as folded back upon itself in Fig. 1. It is immaterial whether or not the cuff is of double or single type. The cuff and shirt sleeve are split as at 14 and, as in standard practice, the contiguous sides of the cuff are formed with buttonholes 15 for receiving cuff links. 4 The present invention is particularly adapted for use in connection with the snap;

type of cuff links, which comprise two halves tionally connecting them. Each half of the cuff link comprises a pair of spaced collars 16 joined by a shank 17 of reduced diameter. Detachabl connected to these halvesoi the link is a s eeve holding device 18 with which the present'application is particularly concerned.

This device comprises a strip of elastic material 19 which is adjustabl and detachably connected at its ends with hooks 20. These hooks are ada ted to detachably engage the shanks 17 of t e opposite halves of the cuff link so that they will be interposed between the inner collars 16 on thelink and the inner surfaces of the ends of thecuff, as shown in Fig. 2. When the cuff is disposed as it is. normally with the cufflink halves connected, the "elastic ortion 19 of the sleeve holdin device will ie along one side of the cuff an will be concealed within the cuff, as shown in Fig. 2.

When it is desired to raise the cuff on the arm for: any reason, the cuff link halves are disconnected and the cuff is folded back upon the sleeve, as disclosed in Fi J 1. This may be accomplished without isengaging the sleeve holding device 18 from the opposite halves of the cuff link. In folding t e cuff over the shirt sleeve and drawing the cuff upwardly on the arm, the sleeve holding device ticity of the portion 19 of the sleeve older acno 18 will be placed under tension so that the I commodating the different arm encountered. I

Regardless of the'position of the cuff on the arm, the elastic portion 19 being placed unportions of the der tension will cause the cuff to yieldably' grip the arm and maintain the sleeve in the desired position. This is very desirable as it renders rolling of the sleeveunnecessary To accomplish this the hook members 20 are each constructed of a singlepiece of material which is shaped with a' hook end to engage the cuff link, and with an enlarged end to connect with the elastic strip 19. r This enlarged portion is formed with two transverse.

slots spaced slightly apart, and which are slightly greater in length than the width of the elastic strip. At the end of'tlie hook the enlarged portion is cut away at th ecenter to provide an opening 21 which communicates with. the outermost transverse slot of the hook.

To connect theelastic strip to the hook the end of the strip, is inserted through the inner slot, then passed through the outermost slot.

This end is then rolled up ti htly against the hook and the body portion 0 the strip is folded over the roll and passed through the slot 21. This frictionally retai'nsthe end ofthe elastic strip to the hook. In order to pass the body portion of the elastic strip through the outermost slot, its sides are passed through the opening 21 and drawn within the outermost slot, as shown'in Fig. 3. This simple means of connecting the elastic strip 19 to the hook permits the distance between the hooks'to be lengthened or shortened quickly and easil to suit conditions.

It will enoticed from Figs. 1 and 2 that the inner collars of the cufii' link halves 1'6 engage the inner collars on the cuff link halves and the rolls formed by the ends of the elastic band 19.

While I have shown the preferred form of n my invention, it is to be understood that various changes maybe made in its construction by'those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit ofthe invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Pat-- ent is:

1. In a. device of the character described, a flat member having a hook at one end adapted to releasably connect with a cliff link, the other end of said member, being formed with a pair of spaced slots disposed transversely of the hooked end, the end of said member adj acent the slots being cut away to provide an opening communicating with the outermost slot. 1

'2. In a device of the character described, a flat member having a hooked end adapted to be connected with a cuflf link, said member being formed with a transverse slot adjacent its opposite end and through whichthe end of an elastic band may be threaded, and hook portions overlying the end of the member adjacent the slot to engage the elastic band and maintain it connected with the member.

3. In a device of the character described, a hook member formed of a single piece of fiat material, one" end of said member being shaped with a hook to engage a cufi link, the other end of said member being enlarged, said enlarged end being formed with two transverse slots spaced slightly apart and of a width to receive an elastic strip, the end of the enlarged portionof the member being slot."

HARRY .P. NISSEN. 

